How do I configure mingle to save attachments to a different location than the working dir?

Our mingle server isn't backed up, just the separate oracle database, so the attachments being stored locally aren't backed up. what do I have to do to set the attachment directory on another server that does get backed up?

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Just to clarify, Mingle does not store its attachments in the installation directory. All data files - such as user icons, attachments etc. - are stored in a directory known as the mingle data directory. The mingle data directory *should* be configured to be external to the Mingle installation directory.

It is possible to also set your data directory to a network share. You may pay a small overhead for the cost of access to all data in this location, but it should not be significant. You may want to confirm with your network adminstrator that this is indeed the case.

The data directory is to be set differently on Windows & Unix platforms.

On Windows

Create a shared folder named mingleData on a server named, say, your.file.server.

You should be able to access this share as \\your.file.server\mingleData from Windows Explorer

You MUST ensure that the service account used by the Mingle service has full read/write access to this folder. To verify this, log in as the service account user on the machine that runs Mingle and attempt to create a test file on the share at \\your.file.server\mingleData

If you have data in an existing mingle data directory, make sure you copy it (using rsync or some such tool) over to the remote location so as to replicate the structure on the remote share

Open Windows Service Manager

Locate the Mingle service. It will be called MingleServer_x_y - where x_y represents the Mingle release name. For Mingle 3.2 the service name should be called MingleServer_3_2.